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"The face of the operation is Briatore (referred to exclusively in the film by his colleagues and angry, chanting detractors as "Flavio"), an anthropomorphic radish who spends most of his time at QPR plotting to fire all of the managers."

At press time, Harbaugh had sent Michigan’s athletic department an envelope containing a heavily annotated seating chart, a list of the 63,000 seat views he had found unsatisfactory, and a glowing 70-page report on section 25, row 12, seat 9, which he claimed is “exactly what the great sport of football is all about.”

Why wouldn't he just keep his words to himself, get the Michigan Degree, then be a grad transfer next year to a team that would really want him and pretty much showcase him in 2016? Is that not the more 'successful' route?

4 years could be enough time for him to build a stable program.. 2 National Championship Caliber teams and he could appoint Drevno or Durkin to the HC position and go back to the pros if all works according to plan...

No way we win less than 9 games. We're beating Ohio state. We're beating Penn State. The only team that I think gets us in year one of the Harbaugh era is an early one (Utah OR BYU) and Michigan State.

This is just my personal take, but I think he is referring to The other QB we were looking at w/Gentry, the 2-star Corner we were "pursuing", the addition of Ulizio, and now this kid? Idk, I don't buy it because we have hit the trail on just about every National Prospect that is or isn't available.

I could see FSU, I just am unsure on Oregon... not that he couldn't, it just doesn't seem realistic to me.

On Barrett, I didn't think he would either, but BTN.com had a piece yesterday where two of their 'heads' were talking about him considering it... which to me made no sense, yet at the same time seemed like it wasn't unfathomable (did I spell that correctly?)... He's from that area, had a great relationship with Herman [apparently], and is the talk of being the #2 by default now that he's gone... not sure how much to read into that.

Is there any chance Herman recruits Braxton or J.T. to follow him to Houston? I saw a rumor somewhere Barrett was considering transferring back home to Texas to go to Houston (to be with Herman who recruited him) on Big Ten Network, but wouldn't Braxton be the smarter option since he can play right away?

Wasn't Carlos Hyde pretty much just a 'Gradfathered' in type player? He was the pounder to the Elussiveness that Braxton was... I think it was the complete inverse for the Playoffs this year... the QB was the pounder in Jones and the speed/elusiveness was Elliott, if I'm not mistaken? THat's the only reason it worked, in my opinion. If it was any other combination Jones-Hyde or Miller/Barrett-Elliott, I don't think you see the ridiculous success the b*ckeyes have against Alabama that they did. Again, this is all just my own opinion.

Zordich is a great hire- getting two coaches for the secondary is incredible. Jackson to focus on corners, Zordich on safeties... Look out. With Durkin focussing on LBs and Mattison just the line, look out. I expect this 2015 and 2016 defense to be better than the 2013 Msu defense... As for his son on O, he's focussing on TE's, correct? So with Jim's track record with TE's, I'll think we'll be just fine... Especially starting out with Butt and the TE depth, we'll be okay... If we land Clark... I expect plenty of 2 and 3 TE sets

Good for him for staying to actually get the degree; an OSU degree is a solid degree to have in your back pocket. Most their fans are morons, but the school itself is in the Big Ten, making it at least respectable academically. Whether he actually learns anything off the field, who knows.

Maybe Urban has no idea what a QB is supposed to be? I truly believe Jones is the best QUARTERBACK on that team... My definition of Quarterback is someone who primarily stands in the pocket and makes reads... Granted he only has to make one or two, but he is the best QB Urban will have. Now when you're talking DT option guys, obviously Barrett is the best, probably better than Miller. Just my two cents(sense)

Was my favorite because my brother went to high school and college with him and they remained friends from high school going into college. I wish I could say they still keep in touch... but they do not :-(

If that Stanford team could do what they did to USC, I have no doubt in Harbaugh doing that here.

Ohio State is not unbeatable. You need a 4-man front in some way to defeat them. To me, it looks like they run a read-option like offense with both speed and power.

The common occurences I saw in both the osu-Bama game and the Title game against Oregon were 3-man fronts that allowed Elliott to gets between 5-7 yards per run on early downs. When you combine that with a 250-Pound QB who can run and roll over an LB of a similar size on 3rd & 3... you're going to win more than you'll lose.

There were talks of us possibly moving to a 3-4 Base defense of some kind a week or so ago... I'm on board with this... but we need to make sure we recruit LB/DE Hybrid type players that we can still have a 4-man 'front'. We're going to need to get to the QB/RB in this offense. When BAMA was being BAMA, they were a 3-4 that had fantastic LB play that got Meyer to Retire. Essentially, Watch the 2014 Iron Bowl... that's what Michigan needs to become. We need to be the Bama to ohio state's Auburn.

Oregon will still be Oregon, They will roll out a new QB just like they have before. To this day, I still think Dennis Dixon is one of the best Oregon QB's I have ever seen play. Even though he destroyed us in '07, he is an amazing Athlete. Imagine who wins the National Championship in 2007 if that dreadful night in Arizona where Dixon's body goes one way and his leg goes another never happens? Oregon may be the dynasty we're talking about and no Alabama...